Today, my website serves multiple purposes, but the primary purpose of the website is to educate diabetics and non-diabetics about diabetes, disease, nutrition, drugs, and other health-related topics.  But, it didn't start out that way ...

Similar to my original perspective about writing the book, I never planned to design a website. After I had finished writing the book, and after Amazon.com had picked up the book, I thought that there wasn't anything left for me to do (Yeah, I know -- I really naiive! )

My daughter thought that I should have at least a 1-page website that summarized my story. So, I finally gave in to my daughter, and started searching for web designers, but they were so expensive! And, all of them said that I needed a lot more than just one page.  Then, during the Super Bowl, there was a commercial by a company called GoDaddy.com that caught my eye. I went to their website and it looked like it would be pretty easy to design a 1-page website. In fact, they had a 5-page package that was pretty inexpensive. Because of my engineering background in graphical user interface (GUI) design, putting together the one page took less than 3 hours!

The one page consisted of a picture (jpeg) of my book cover and a summary of my story, with a web link to Amazon.com. I also included my email address and phone number as contact information, not really expecting that anyone would ever call or send me an email.

So, needless to say, I was really surprised when I started receiving phone calls and emails from complete strangers! It was starting to interfere with my work at Xerox, but it was hard to say no to people, especially when they called and sounded so desperate. By the way, a similar thing was happening with the people I worked with at Xerox -- every day at least one or two people would stop by my office to ask me a question about diabetes or dieting. I had drawings on my whiteboard about cells, pathology, etc., so that also generated a lot of questions when people stopped by my office.

At that time, my mother felt this was a sign (from God) -- that it was time for me to leave my job at Xerox so that I could help more people. But, I explained to my mother that helping people won't pay my mortgage and other bills.

Well, long-story-short, I was laid off and so I lost my cushy, high-paying job! At that time, a web designing company had convinced me to have them design a new website for me, which they had just completed.  Wow -- no money coming in and I had just spent this money on a website that I didn't really like. I spent several months trying to get the web designers to make changes, but it was a slow, tedious, and sometimes frustrating process. It reminded me of my job as a system engineer (at Xerox) trying to get our software engineers to implement the software per the system engineering requirements that I had written for a specific design.

One day I was talking to my daughter on the phone and she said: "Dad, why are you paying someone to do something that you already know how to do?" She was right. As a GUI designer I had learned how to use various object-oriented design tools which were very similar to the web design tools.

So, I got rid of the web designers, contacted GoDaddy.com for the second time, and bought their website design package. Within a week, I had set up a new website with 5 pages: Home, a page about me, a page about the book, a page about diabetes, and a contact page.

As more and more people found out about the book, there were more and more questions about diabetes, dieting, exercise, drugs, and blood glucose testing.  I was really surprised that so many strangers were calling me.  For some reason, I thought that most of the phone calls would come from my friends, relatives, and other people I had met over the years. But, very few friends and  no relatives bothered to call or even send an email.

Originally, I was spending a lot of time answering the emails or talking on the phone. But, with so many questions and phone calls, it  was taking up too much of my time. So, I added some additional information to the website about dieting, exercise, drugs, and blood glucose testing.

Then, there were more questions about specific foods, supplements, and herbs. So, I created additional web pages about foods, supplements, and herbs.

And, so the website continued to grow, and has continued to grow, based on the responses and feedback from diabetics around the world.

In the meantime I discovered that none of the thousands of other diabetes-related websites really explained how to defeat diabetes! Most, if not all of the websites were marketing tools that tried to convince you to buy their new pill, new drug, new book, new DVD, or new wellness program -- but they didn't tell you how their program really worked! They felt that if they explained in detail how their program worked, no one would buy their program. In addition, they knew that their program didn't really work, so it didn't make sense for them to just give it away.

As a result, many diabetics have been burned by scams and empty promises from these marketeers who do a very good job at enticing you to buy their new product or service -- preying on innocent, suffering people who are desperate to try to improve their health before having to face the complications of blindness, amputation, kidney dialysis, heart attack, ED, or stroke.

In the meantime, I was meeting a lot of senior citizens and lots of unemployed people who were struggling with their diabetes and just didn't have the money to buy my book.  Other people who still had their jobs found themselves spending more money for healthcare, drugs, test strips, doctor visits and insurance premiums. So, I decided to provide the information about my program on my website, especially to help the unemployed or those who just couldn't afford the money for the book. I also provided the information in a 1-page pamphlet for senior citizens who didn't have a computer or didn't have access to the Internet.

All the marketing experts told me (and keep telling me) that I'm  foolish and cutting my own throat by giving away my program instead of making people buy my book first. Yes, I've lost a lot of sales because of that, but I was hoping that some of those diabetics who improved their health, would tell a friend or relative. And, then, maybe that friend or relative would buy the book. Or, at least, tell another friend or relative ...

From a marketing perspective, I realize that this may not be good business, but I didn't want people using money as an excuse for not getting well. Also, I felt that this information was given to me by so many diabetics that I'd met over the years. These hundreds (now thousands) of diabetics gave me an insight into diabetes that goes far beyond my years of experience. So, I feel that it is my responsibility to give it back, to pass on this information to other diabetics who are still suffering unnecessarily.

In addition to the thousands of diabetics out there, I hope that other people, especially the non-diabetics, will help me by passing this information on to their family and friends.  And, by helping me, they  help their family, their friends, their community, and eventually the World!

I know -- that's a lot of hopin'! And, given what the pharmaceutical companies said and what they're now doing (convincing parents to get their children on various drugs like the statin cholesterol-lowering drugs), maybe we need more than just hope ... maybe we need to stand up for ourselves and say "No" to the drugs once and for all ...

Here are some things that I've observed about other diabetes websites. It turns out that most, if not all, of these websites:

• Do not explain diabetes is simple layman terms that made it easier for diabetics to truly understand the disease.
• Clearly do not explain what foods to eat and what foods not to eat. None of the websites explained how their pill, book or program will actually help you to reverse your diabetes -- you have to buy their product first.
• Clearly do not identify the foods that were unhealthy for diabetics even if it meant taking a risk for being laughed at by the experts.
• Do not define the optimum foods and the best type of meals for diabetics, based on the biochemistry of the human body -- instead, of based on what the experts were saying in the hundreds of other diabetes books that didn't work.
• Do not provide any real emotional support that actually helps to reverse the diabetes.
• Do not simplify a complex diabetes management process to make it easier and less intimidating for diabetics to implement.
• Do not define a structured model that would make it easy for diabetics to track their progress from day to day, week to week, and month to month.
• Do not clearly explain why diabetics remain diabetic and how to overcome this.
• Do not provide multiple ways for diabetics to improve their diabetes.
• Do not provide clinical references to justify any specific recommendations on the website or in the book, especially for nutrition and supplements.

Note: Because of what the pharmaceutical companies and others are doing, I've gradually begun to add more controversial topics about various foods, drugs, the pharmaceutical companies, the medical industry, insurance companies, etc. I also created a Wake Up People! page.  

Design of the Death to Diabetes Website
The Death to Diabetes website  is one of the few commercial websites that explains its program in so much detail that you don't have to buy the book to verify that the program will work for yourself or a loved one.

In addition, the website far exceeds other diabetes websites in terms of the amount of information about diabetes, nutrition, and other health-related topics.

Because there is so much information in this website, it may be difficult to find what you're looking for.

We recommend that you use the Navigation buttons at the top to figure out where you want to go. If you can't find something, use the Search button or contact our office.

Author's Perspective:  From an engineering perspective, there is "a problem" and there is "a solution".  The problem is "diabetes" and the solution is my wellness program.  So, I designed the website with two major pathways: one for "Diabetes" and one for the "Program" -- just select one of these Navigation (silver) buttons at the top of the web page.

Navigation Buttons
The website has several silver navigation buttons at the top that provide access to the key web pages.  To make it easier to find what you're looking for, each silver button has a drop-down menu that provides access to other related web pages.

The Home button provides access to the web pages associated with nutrition.

The Ex-Diabetic button provides access to the web pages associated with the author and the creator of this website.

The Diabetes button provides access to the web pages associated with diabetes, drugs, and disease.

The Program button provides access to the web pages associated with the Death to Diabetes Wellness Program and how to use it to reverse your diabetes.

The Products button provides access to a description of the book, ebooks, CDs, and DVDs; and, a drop-down menu that provides access to the web pages that explain the various products and the content of those products. The Book Description page is especially important because it not only explains the detailed content of the book and provides access to the pages of the book, it also explains the back-story behind the author's journey in writing the book.

The Services button provides access to a description of the various services; and, a drop-down menu that provides access to the online store pages associated with the major services: coaching, training, workshops, buying super foods, buying supplements, starting a business, and becoming an affiliate.

The Testimonials button provides access to the web pages associated with testimonials from diabetics, doctors, and Amazon.com readers.

The Order Book button provides access to the online store pages associated with the major products: paperback book, diabetes ebook, cookbook, juicing book, weight loss book, diabetes management workbook, and boot camp book.

The Blog button provides access to the two of my major diabetes blogs.

The FB button provides access to the major Facebook pages.

The Contact Us button provides access to the following: Contact Us, Facebook, diabetes forum,  website design, sitemap, and search function.

Website Pathways
The website has 5 major pathways to access various information on the website and the associated blogs:

Problem or the Disease Pathway: Select the Diabetes button, which provides access to other diseases and disease-related information.

Solution or the Wellness Pathway: Select the Program button or Get Started sub-menu link, which provides access to the wellness program and other wellness-related information.

Author or the Biography Pathway: Select the Ex-diabetic button, which provides access to the author's story and related information such as feedback, book reviews, testimonials, etc.

Sitemap: Select the Sitemap link, which provides a list of the major web pages.

Search Function: Use the Search function on the Home page to find what you're looking for.

If you can't find something, contact us.

How to Use the Death to Diabetes Website

About the Website
The Death to Diabetes website  was designed by the author, using his engineering skills; and, after paying a web designer to  design a site he didn't like.

The original website was set up as a 1-page site with a picture of the author's book cover, a synopsis of his story, and a link to Amazon.com, where his book was being sold.

How to Use Website
The Death to Diabetes website serves multiple purposes, but the primary purpose of the website is to educate diabetics and non-diabetics about diabetes, disease, nutrition, drugs, and other health-related topics.

The silver-gray navigation buttons at the top of the web page provide access to the major sections of the website.

If you want to learn more about diabetes and other diseases, start with the Diabetes navigation button at the top.

If you want to learn more about nutrition and author's wellness program, start with the Program navigation button at the top, or select one of the topics in the drop-down menu.

If you want to learn more about nutrition, use the Home navigation button at the top, and select one of the topics in the drop-down menu.

If you want to get started with the program, or, if you're doing research, and want to test the program before you buy the book, select the Getting Started button under the Home navigation button.

If you want to learn more about the author's story and how he recovered from his diabetes, select the Ex-diab. (Ex-diabetic) navigation button at the top.

If you want to know more about diabetes and how the disease actually works, then, select the Diabetes navigation button. If you want to know about the drugs, doctors, and other disease-related topics, select one of the topics in the drop-down menu.

If you want to learn about the Death to Diabetes Wellness Program, select the Program navigation button.

If you want to know more about various diabetes educational products offered by the author, select the Products navigation button.

If you want to know more about various diabetes services offered by the author, select the Services navigation button.

If you want to read some of the testimonials or if you want to know what others are saying the Death to Diabetes book, select the Testimonials navigation button.

If you're ready to order the book, select the Order Book navigation button. If you want one of the other popular books, select the appropriate button in the drop-down menu.

If you want to learn more about  diabetes and nutrition, select the Blog navigation button.

If you want to access the Death to Diabetes site on Facebook, select the FB navigation button.

If you want to contact the office with your questions, select the Contact Us navigation button.